SHILLONG: A team of Meghalaya Police arrested two persons, including a woman, from Patna for running a fake Techno Global University website.
Acting on a complaint lodged by the Chancellor of Techno Global University in Mawlai Police Station, Shillong the East Khasi Hills Police pursued the matter in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar and finally arrested the mastermind of the fake website from Patna.
The accused, Sanjeev Kumar (36) of Shivpuri, Patna and his accomplice and wife Pooja srivastava (32) were arrested by a police team from Shillong led by Officer in charge MawlaI Police Station, Inspector DB Lamare and Officer in charge Laban Police Station, Inspector BK Mishra along with a team of Patna Police.
A local court in Patna granted the accused three-day transit remand for them to be produced in a court in Shillong.
The accused had created the fake website www.technoglobaluniversity.org through which they offered admissions and also issued mark sheets.
It may be mentioned that the Techno Global University, Shillong is yet to start functioning.
East Khasi Hills SP M Kharkrang said following a search of the flat of the accused, certificates and documents of different universities including those of Technoglobal University and also the Chandra Mohan Jha (CMJ) University were recovered.
Two laptops, seals, hologram and letter head of Techno Global University, provisional certificates, blank mark sheets of CMJ and Rs 17 lakh cash were also seized.
Meghalaya police has requested the Patna court to seal the house for further investigation.
“More arrests are expected in the case,” Kharkrang said.
